This is one of a series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who served in, and survived, The Great War. If anyone has further information on the men concerned, I’d be most grateful if it could be added to the thread. Gareth Dowson, Aubrey Osler MC played for England Internationals: 1 : 1899 S- Aubrey Dowson was born on 10 November 1875 Played as a Forward for: Rugby School, Oxford University (Blue 1896), Moseley, Manchester, Midlands Profession: Manufacturer/farmer War service: Commissioned on 6 May 1915. Temporary Lieutenant from 6 May 1916. A/Major, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 60th Brigade, 20th (Light) Division; Mentioned in Despatches 25 May 1917, MC Gazetted 1 January 1918 Remarks: Member of New College VIII which won the Grand Challenge Cup, at Henley in 1897. Athletics blue (shot and hammer) 1895-1897. He died on 5 October 1940
DOWSON, MR. AUBREY OSLER, who died on October 5, at Salisbury, was in the Rugby XI of 1892 and 1893. Earning more fame at Rugby football, he played for Oxford in 1896, and three years later was in the England XV against Scotland. Powerfully built, he represented his University in Athletics against Cambridge - putting the weight and throwing the hammer - for three years 1895-1897. 1881 164 Parsonage Werneth, Cheshire, England Henry Enfield DOWSON Head M Male 43 Geldston, Norfolk, England Unitarian Minister Of Hyde Chapel B.A. Lucy DOWSON Wife M Female 41 Birmingham, Warwick, England Unitarian Minister Of Hyde Chapel B.A. Margaret DOWSON Daughter U Female 13 Gee Cross, Cheshire, England Scholar Florence DOWSON Daughter U Female 8 Gee Cross, Cheshire, England Scholar Percy Enfield DOWSON Son U Male 7 Gee Cross, Cheshire, England Scholar Aubrey Osler DOWSON Son U Male 6 Gee Cross, Cheshire, England Scholar Edith DOWSON Daughter U Female 3 Gee Cross, Cheshire, England Scholar Oscar Follett DOWSON Son U Male 1 Gee Cross, Cheshire, England Clara Adelina LOEWE Governess U Female 20 Gee Cross (BS), Prussia Governess Jane BAILEY Servant W Female 45 (BS), United States Servant Cook Domestic Betsy Ann SMITH Servant U Female 22 Kirkley Bain, Lincoln, England Housemaid Abigail DARBYSHIRE Servant U Female 25 Bollington, Cheshire, England Nurse Elizabeth HUCKNALL Servant U Female 18 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Under Nurse RG11 /Folio 3469 / 77 Page /32 Aubrey Dowson Full name - Aubrey Osler Dowson Born - 10th November 1874, Gee Cross, Cheshire, England Died - 5th October 1940, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Teams - Rugby School (Miscellaneous: 1892-1893) Application for a Patent for a fan ........ http://www.google.com/patents?id=aM...esult&ct=result&resnum=7#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Looks like they were quite a family .. I think his wife was in the women's suffragette movement !! and I believe his Aunt Catherine Osler was too ! http://books.google.com/books?id=nw...um=3#v=onepage&q=Dowson, Aubrey Osler&f=false
This is his barrister brother ...... ( he was involved in the court marshal of one of my South Lancashire Regiment soldiers ) Sir Oscar Follett Dowson (1879-1961), lead drafter of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Oscar Follett Dowson b. 1899 MA (Oxon.) 1914 ; Temporary Major, RASC; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General; MID 1918, 1919; OBE (Mil.). Oxford University Roll of Service, p. 192.
